Improvement in veneer-blanks for trays and boxes



G. G. UDELL. Veneerp-Blank for Tray and Box.

No. 220,317. Patented Oct. 7.1879.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

CALVIN G. UDELL, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT lN VENEER-BLANKS FOR TRAYS AND BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,317, dated October7, 1879; application filed August 13, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CALVIN G. UDELL, of Indianapolis, in the county ofMarion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Veneer Blanks for Trays and Boxes, of which the following is adescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to the peculiar cutof the slitsin blanks of veneerused in forming trays and boxes.

Heretofore veneer-blanks have been cut to various patterns with straightgores or slits at each end, whereby the ends, sides, and bottom of thebox or tray are all formed from one piece of veneer.

The greatest difficulty to be overcome in the manufacture of such trayshas been the splitting of the bottom, which generally commences at thesharp corners of the bottom, at the inner ends of -the gores or slitsformed in that part which forms theends of the tray; and in order toprevent said splitting, especially at the corners, it has been customaryto paste paper over them.

The use of paper to prevent splitting is an it Onal expense, alsoobjectionable, because the P per and paste afford good material forfeeding rats and mice, and very frequently a ge quantities of trays areruined in that way.

The object of my invention is to provide veneer-blanks from which traysand boxes may be formed that will notsplit at the corners.

My invention consists, mainly, in the curved form or cut at the base ofeach of the slits formed in the ends of the blank, whereby the ends ofthe blank are adapted to be bent and lapped together, and at the sametime the corners at the bottom prevented from splitting at the ends ofthe slits, as will be hereinafter fully described and set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference in thedifferent figures indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa tray or box formed from my improved blank. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe blank, and Fig. 3 is an end view of the tray.

The blank is made of veneer of the form shown in'Fig. 2. The centralpart, A, exten s from side to side of the blank, and when bent in thedirection of the grain of the wood for s the two sides D D and bottom A,with curv corners between the sides and bottom.

The ends 0 B (.l are of peculiar construction, and adapted to be bent upat the lines g g, which are scratched, cut, or indented across the blankfrom side to side for that purpose. The central end pieces, B, areseparated from the corner pieces, 0 O, by slits p p. The inner ends ofeach of these slits are cut with a curve, d, as shown, to prevent sharpangles at the corners when the center part, B, is bent up to form theend, and the corner pieces, 0, are folded against it on the outside. Thesides D are also formed, and the corners of the bottom and sides curvearound and rest on, and are supported by, the curved parts (I of thecentral end flaps, thus preventing sharp corners at the ends of theslits p, and thereby reducin g the liability of splitting the veneer atsaid corners. The ends B and corner pieces, 0, are united by staples f,in the ordinary manner.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an article of manufacture, the blank of veneer A, with slits p p ateach end, said slits having curved inner ends, cl (1, to form a curvedsupport for the sides of the tray, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CALVIN e. UDELL.

Witnesses E. O. FRINK, G. A. BENNETT.

